Photos: Historic mural and buildings demolished in Mendota after a major fire

An excavator demolishes the genuine "Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco" mural Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in the 800 block of Main Street in Mendota. On Aug. 22, 2022, more than 20 fire departments from all over the Illinois Valley battled an apartment fire that destroyed the entire block. (Scott Anderson - sanderson@shawmedia.com)